It is amazing how many people can judge you without knowing anything about you. People see one act and they instantly assume that they know everything about your life. If you take candy from a baby you are instantly a monster, but what if the child had diabetes? You saved the child from a sugar coma, but no one knows that; all they saw was you taking candy from a child and they will build your entire image based on that one fact.
I grew up with nothing, forced to beg, borrow, and steal what I needed to survive. I am not proud of who I had to be, but you would do it too if you wanted to live. Eventually I was caught, and would have been thrown into a cell to rot, except the person who found me was a Hunter, and they realized I was using my aura to help commit my crimes. I could extend it from myself and feel the souls of those around me.
And so I was forced to join Signal, to train and become someone who I wasn't. I remember at the time it seemed like the greatest thing ever, I didn't need to steal to eat, I get be respected by those around me for my abilities. But that all paled in comparison to… her. God she was beautiful, more so than any other woman that had ever been born. Not only that but she was strong, fiery, the kind of person who would smack you on the back of the head and tell you if you were an idiot. I was head over heels for her before I knew what I was doing.
Years passed and she decided to go to Beacon, to become a Huntress and fight against the darkness of this world. I decided to follow her like the lovesick puppy I was back then. We both joined, expecting to be on the same team and fight side by side as usual. We were launched into the forest for our first exam, and to my horror the first person I met was not the one I wanted, but rather… him. The bastard with white hair and glasses. Ozpin, the great wizard as other people called him. For a short time my soul shattered into pieces, but whatever puppet master moves us decided to be merciful, and although we weren't partners we did end up on the same team. Ozpin, Goodwitch, her, and me. Ozpin of course became leader, like everyone expected him to be. Together we were a team the likes of which Beacon had never seen. My tactical mind, Ozpin's leadership, Goodwitch and her powers, and my loves strength. We were above everyone else, and for a time things were perfect.
By my third year at Beacon I had even worked up the courage to ask her to be mine. She said yes, and made me the single happiest man that had ever lived. Of course happiness fades away, and anything good in life is just waiting to turn sour on you.
One day our team and two others were dispatched to a village outside of the kingdom that was faced with destruction by a large number of Grimm. I stayed back, directing everyone to the best positions to beat them back. It looked like an easy win, my strategy was working perfectly and the Grimm were dropping like flies. And then, I felt my beloveds aura flicker, and in panic I abandoned my post to find her. And find her I did, in the jaws of a Beowolf while my 'partner' was busy saving his own skin. My mind went blank and I charged in, fighting like a demon and killed every creature I saw. By the end of the day we had lost six hunters and thirty civilians. The headmaster put the blame on me, saying that if I hadn't abandoned my post less people would have died. I told him where to shove his lecture and left the Academy. I remember Ozpin tried to stop me, and I also remember the satisfying punch I delivered to his face.
After I left Beacon I wandered the world, trying to find some purpose in life without her. In my travels I realized something. The Grimm weren't evil, on the contrary they were just following their nature. True evil could only be done by other humans. And so I grew a hatred of humanity, I wanted to see them all die like she did. Eventually I met someone like me, a person with an equal hatred for humanity, one who wanted to see the world ruled by the darkness. I joined her, doing anything needed to make our dreams come true. I became the king of Vale's underworld, becoming the biggest crime boss that ever lived. I lied, stole, and murdered, taking everything I could in order to achieve my dream.
I am Roman Torchwick, I am the one who will burn it all down and watch this world turn to ash.